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on May 6, 2013 6:00 PM

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A Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in an exercise near the border with Syria on May 6, 2013 at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Syria has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on targets near the Lebanon/Syria border, including an arms shipment and the Jamraya research centre, that was thought to produce chemical weapons. less

A Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in an exercise near the border with Syria on May 6, 2013 at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Syria has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes ... more

Photo: Uriel Sinai, Getty Images

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A Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in an exercise near the border with Syria on May 6, 2013 at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Syria has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes on targets near the Lebanon/Syria border, including an arms shipment and the Jamraya research centre, that was thought to produce chemical weapons. less

A Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade take part in an exercise near the border with Syria on May 6, 2013 at the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Syria has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes ... more

Photo: Uriel Sinai, Getty Images

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An Indian police official holds a pair of leopard cat cubs, which have been rescued from the Chandmari Area of Guwahati on May 4, 2013. The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small, carnivorous mammal that looks like a domestic cat with a leopard-like coat, and while not on endangered lists is threatened by habitat loss and hunting in parts of its range which extends across south and east Asia. AFP PHOTO/Biju BORO less

An Indian police official holds a pair of leopard cat cubs, which have been rescued from the Chandmari Area of Guwahati on May 4, 2013. The leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is a small, carnivorous mammal ... more

Photo: BIJU BORO, AFP/Getty Images

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Two women enjoy the warm weather in central London on May 6, 2013. Britain experienced its hottest day of the year so far as temepratures reached 22 Degrees celcuis in some areas. AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT

Two women enjoy the warm weather in central London on May 6, 2013. Britain experienced its hottest day of the year so far as temepratures reached 22 Degrees celcuis in some areas. AFP PHOTO/CARL COURT

Photo: CARL COURT, AFP/Getty Images

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A Bahraini anti-government protester watches riot police, unseen, during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, Monday, May 6, 2013. Large numbers of riot police stormed the area just ahead of a planned demonstration in support of jailed activists, chasing away demonstrators as they arrived for the march. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali) less

A Bahraini anti-government protester watches riot police, unseen, during clashes in Diraz, Bahrain, Monday, May 6, 2013. Large numbers of riot police stormed the area just ahead of a planned demonstration in ... more

An Syrian man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of President Bashar Assad, walks past anti riot police during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the UN office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 6, 2013. Iran Condemns Israeli Air strikes on Syria and urged countries in the region to stand against the attack. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) less

An Syrian man wrapped in a Syrian flag with a portrait of President Bashar Assad, walks past anti riot police during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the UN office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 6, 2013. ... more

Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press

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In this Monday, May 6, 2013 photo, Pakistani children look at a soldier standing guard at an entrance of a compound where an election rally is held in Quetta, Pakistan. The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend’s national elections, “Voting means death.” It’s a very real threat: Over recent weeks at least six people have been killed and nearly 40 wounded in bombings and grenade attacks targeting candidates. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) less

In this Monday, May 6, 2013 photo, Pakistani children look at a soldier standing guard at an entrance of a compound where an election rally is held in Quetta, Pakistan. The graffiti on walls around this ... more

Photo: Arshad Butt, Associated Press

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A girl came at the makeshift morgue to find her relative who is missing in the collapsed garment factory, Monday May 6 2013 in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh.The death toll from the collapse of a shoddily built garment-factory building in Bangladesh continued its horrifying climb, reaching 630 on Monday with little sign of what the final number will be. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous) less

A girl came at the makeshift morgue to find her relative who is missing in the collapsed garment factory, Monday May 6 2013 in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh.The death toll from the collapse of a shoddily built ... more

Photo: Ismail Ferdous, Associated Press

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A young woman covers her nose to block out the stench from rotting bodies at a morgue where bodies recovered from the garment factory collapse are kept for identification Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) less

A young woman covers her nose to block out the stench from rotting bodies at a morgue where bodies recovered from the garment factory collapse are kept for identification Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Savar, near ... more

Photo: Wong Maye-E, Associated Press

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A supporter is silhouetted against a giant flag of Malaysia's opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party as he waves the party's flag ahead of the upcoming general elections in Pekan, Pahang state, Malaysia, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Malaysia will hold general elections on May 5 in what could be the toughest test of the ruling coalition's 56-year grip on power in Southeast Asia's third-largest economy. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) less

A supporter is silhouetted against a giant flag of Malaysia's opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party as he waves the party's flag ahead of the upcoming general elections in Pekan, Pahang state, Malaysia, ... more

Photo: Lai Seng Sin, Associated Press

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Supporters of Pakistan's former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan run for cover as a helicopter carrying their leader leaves after his election campaign rally in Charsadda, Pakistan on Saturday, May 04, 2013. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11, the first transition between democratically elected governments in a country that has experienced three military coups and constant political instability since its creation in 1947. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) less

Supporters of Pakistan's former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan run for cover as a helicopter carrying their leader leaves after his election campaign rally in Charsadda, Pakistan on Saturday, May 04, ... more

In this Friday, May 3, 2013 photo, supporters for an independent Pakistani election candidate participate in a waterborne rally to highlight the challenges faced by their embattled fishing community in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Pakistan.(AP Photo/Fareed Khan) less

In this Friday, May 3, 2013 photo, supporters for an independent Pakistani election candidate participate in a waterborne rally to highlight the challenges faced by their embattled fishing community in the ... more

Photo: Fareed Khan, Associated Press

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Colorful carp streamers flutter in the air over the Sagami River in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, Saturday, May 4, 2013, ahead of Children's Day national holiday on May 5. It is a national tradition in Japan to fly carp streamers on the Children's Day. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) less

Colorful carp streamers flutter in the air over the Sagami River in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, Saturday, May 4, 2013, ahead of Children's Day national holiday on May 5. It is a national tradition in Japan to ... more

Photo: Itsuo Inouye, Associated Press

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A Christian Orthodox pilgrim raises her hand while holding three crosses towards a beam of light in front of the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City Saturday, May 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) less

A Christian Orthodox pilgrim raises her hand while holding three crosses towards a beam of light in front of the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of the ... more

A boy feels his head after it was shaven during a ceremony before Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 17 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 3, 2013. Ten children entered the temple to experience life with monks for 16 days leading up to Buddha's birthday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) less

A boy feels his head after it was shaven during a ceremony before Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 17 at the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 3, 2013. Ten children entered the temple to ... more

Photo: Ahn Young-joon, Associated Press

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A Pakistani boy cries after receiving the measles vaccine by a volunteer of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, May 3, 2013. According to health department, the number of measles cases in Punjab province reached 7,794 since January this year. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) less

A Pakistani boy cries after receiving the measles vaccine by a volunteer of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, May 3, 2013. According to health department, the number of measles cases in Punjab ... more

A Bangladeshi woman, holding a photo of her missing son, cries at a graveyard after a garments factory building collapse in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday May 3, 2013. Authorities suspended the mayor of the suburb of Savar, where the building was located, and arrested an engineer who called for the building’s evacuation last week but was also accused of helping the owner add three illegal floors to the eight-story structure. (AP Photo/Palash Khan) less

A Bangladeshi woman, holding a photo of her missing son, cries at a graveyard after a garments factory building collapse in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday May 3, 2013. Authorities suspended the mayor of ... more

A woman is comforted by family members and others after she identified the body of her relative recovered from the rubble of the garment factory building which collapsed last week, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 3, 2013. Authorities suspended the mayor of the suburb of Savar, where the building was located, and arrested an engineer who called for the building’s evacuation last week but was also accused of helping the owner add three illegal floors to the eight-story structure. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) less

A woman is comforted by family members and others after she identified the body of her relative recovered from the rubble of the garment factory building which collapsed last week, in Savar, near Dhaka, ... more

Photo: Wong Maye-E, Associated Press

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Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay is carried on a stretcher to be shifted to another city for treatment, in Jammu, India, Friday, May 3, 20130. The prisoner in Indian-controlled Kashmir was beaten seriously Friday by another inmate, officials said, a day after a convicted Indian spy died after being bludgeoned with a brick by fellow inmates at a Pakistani prison. Ranjay was imprisoned in 1999 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for being a Pakistani militant operating in Indian Kashmir. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) less

Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay is carried on a stretcher to be shifted to another city for treatment, in Jammu, India, Friday, May 3, 20130. The prisoner in Indian-controlled Kashmir was beaten seriously ... more

Israeli border police officers fire rubber bullets towards Palestinians during clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the West Bank village of Deir Jarir near Ramallah, Friday, May 3, 2013. Tensions are high in the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and claimed by Palestinians as part of their future state. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) less

Israeli border police officers fire rubber bullets towards Palestinians during clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers near the West Bank village of Deir Jarir near Ramallah, Friday, May 3, 2013. ... more

Interpreter "Mohammad" has the British Foreign Office reflected in his glasses as he campaigns outside the Foreign Office in London, Friday, May 3, 2013. Campaigners and two former British soldiers gathered to deliver a box with over 70,000 signatures calling on the UK government to grant Afghan interpreters asylum, a wreath was laid in memory of the 26 Afghan interpreters who have already been killed while serving with British forces. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) less

Interpreter "Mohammad" has the British Foreign Office reflected in his glasses as he campaigns outside the Foreign Office in London, Friday, May 3, 2013. Campaigners and two former British soldiers gathered to ... more

A boy attends the "Joy for Life Carnival"(Carnaval Alegria por la Vida), in Managua on April 27, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Hector RETAMAL

A boy attends the "Joy for Life Carnival"(Carnaval Alegria por la Vida), in Managua on April 27, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Hector RETAMAL

Photo: HECTOR RETAMAL, AFP/Getty Images

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A woman cries out for her missing husband at the site of the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as necessary to find others despite fading hopes.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) less

A woman cries out for her missing husband at the site of the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. Police in Bangladesh took five people ... more

Photo: Wong Maye-E, Associated Press

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Rescue workers provide oxygen to a survivor from the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Rescue workers provide oxygen to a survivor from the garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Bangladeshi garment workers beat a driver, second right, for not stopping a bus he was driving, during a protest against the collapse of an eight-storey building that housed several garment factories and poor working conditions of the employees, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) less

Bangladeshi garment workers beat a driver, second right, for not stopping a bus he was driving, during a protest against the collapse of an eight-storey building that housed several garment factories and poor ... more

South Korean vehicles, fully loaded with goods and finished products, arrive from North Korea's Kaesong industrial complex at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Saturday, April 27, 2013. The South Koreans stuffed their cars with as much as they could take from their factories in Kaesong just on the other side of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) less

South Korean vehicles, fully loaded with goods and finished products, arrive from North Korea's Kaesong industrial complex at the customs, immigration and quarantine office near the border village of Panmunjom ... more

People light flares outside the Mario Filho --Maracana-- stadium during a protest against Maracana's privatization and the demolition of the former Indigenous Museum, at the time that a test event is taking place inside, in Rio de Janeiro on April 27, 2013. The Maracana will host the upcomig Confederations Cup --next June--, the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. AFP PHOTO / TASSO MARCELO less

People light flares outside the Mario Filho --Maracana-- stadium during a protest against Maracana's privatization and the demolition of the former Indigenous Museum, at the time that a test event is taking ... more

A man wears a hat in the shape of the Maracana stadium as he arrives for the inauguration of the renovated Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 27, 2013. The "Temple of Football," as it's often called, is reopening as one of the most modern sporting venues in Brazil, but the improvements came amid widespread criticism related to allegations of overspending, protests against the stadium's privatization plans and construction delays. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) less

A man wears a hat in the shape of the Maracana stadium as he arrives for the inauguration of the renovated Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 27, 2013. The "Temple of Football," as it's ... more

Photo: Silvia Izquierdo, Associated Press

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Cuban soldiers wait for the arrival of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, before a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuban soldiers wait for the arrival of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, before a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, April 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A Bangladeshi woman weeps as she holds a picture of her and her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. The death toll reached hundreds of people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered into a pile of concrete.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) less

A Bangladeshi woman weeps as she holds a picture of her and her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. The ... more

Photo: Kevin Frayer, Associated Press

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Bangladeshi soldiers stand in the rubble at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Bangladeshi soldiers stand in the rubble at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Photo: Kevin Frayer, Associated Press

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A Bangladeshi garment worker who was pulled alive from the rubble Friday April 26, 2013, is rushed on a stretcher from the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) less

A Bangladeshi garment worker who was pulled alive from the rubble Friday April 26, 2013, is rushed on a stretcher from the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP ... more

Photo: Kevin Frayer, Associated Press

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An Indian man watches as Brazilian police create a cordon around the Maracana stadium during a protest against the privatization of the stadium and planned demolition of the indigenous museum located nearby, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 26, 2013. Protestors are against the privatization of the stadium because it will lead to the demolition of the museum and a public school. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) less

An Indian man watches as Brazilian police create a cordon around the Maracana stadium during a protest against the privatization of the stadium and planned demolition of the indigenous museum located nearby, in ... more

Officers of Rio de Janeiro's shock police battalion arrest a demonstrator after a group of natives returned to occupy Rio's former Indian Museum, on April 26, 2013. On March 22 the police forcibly ejected some 30 indigenous activists and supporters from the Indian Museum located next to the Maracana stadium, the venue for the 2014 World Cup final. Tgoverning body as part of an urban renewal program. AFP PHOTO /TASSO MARCELO less

Officers of Rio de Janeiro's shock police battalion arrest a demonstrator after a group of natives returned to occupy Rio's former Indian Museum, on April 26, 2013. On March 22 the police forcibly ejected some ... more

Lightning flashes as political supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League hold a meeting under tight security due to ongoing attacks on political rallies and parties' election offices, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, April 26, 2013. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has ordered the closure of election offices in Karachi following a blast that killed many party workers. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) less

Lightning flashes as political supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League hold a meeting under tight security due to ongoing attacks on political rallies and parties' election offices, in Islamabad, Pakistan on ... more

Photo: B.K. Bangash, Associated Press

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. AFP PHOTO/ CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN

Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. AFP PHOTO/ CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN

Photo: CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN, AFP/Getty Images

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An official runs along a broken mirror art installation by Italian artist Alfredo Pirri as visitors tour contemporary art displayed at the war bunker, near town of Konjic, 80 kms south of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Friday, April 26, 2013, as the once secret bunker, built to shelter Yugoslavia's Marshal Josip Broz Tito and the communist leadership from a nuclear war, turns for three months into one of the world's quirkiest contemporary art galleries. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) less

An official runs along a broken mirror art installation by Italian artist Alfredo Pirri as visitors tour contemporary art displayed at the war bunker, near town of Konjic, 80 kms south of Sarajevo, Bosnia, on ... more

Photo: Amel Emric, Associated Press

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The sun sets behind the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, Friday, April 26, 2013. Elsewhere, dozens of mostly masked protesters are hurling stones and firebombs in clashes with riot police at Egypt’s presidential palace in a Cairo suburb. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) less

The sun sets behind the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, Friday, April 26, 2013. Elsewhere, dozens of mostly masked protesters are hurling stones and firebombs in clashes with riot police at Egypt’s presidential ... more

A UN soldier stands in front of a destroyed Cyprus airways plane at the war-torn UN buffer zone at the abandoned Nicosia airport in the divided capital, Friday, April 19, 2013. The abandoned airport whose grounds now serve as the headquarters for the United Nations peacekeeping force, is a stark reminder of the Cypru's decades-long ethnic division now overshadowed by the country's severe financial crisis. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) less

A UN soldier stands in front of a destroyed Cyprus airways plane at the war-torn UN buffer zone at the abandoned Nicosia airport in the divided capital, Friday, April 19, 2013. The abandoned airport whose ... more

A village woman reacts after her house was damaged by an earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT less

A village woman reacts after her house was damaged by an earthquake in Lushan county, Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of ... more

Photo: Associated Press

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Sunderland's manager Paolo Di Canio, celebrates after defeating Everton at the end of their English Premier League soccer match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) less

Sunderland's manager Paolo Di Canio, celebrates after defeating Everton at the end of their English Premier League soccer match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England, Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP ... more

Manolis Lampsidis, ex-president of Thessalonikis' lawyers union, left, lies in front of riot police in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday April 20, 2013, during a protest supporting two men arrested for allegedly taking part in an arson attack on a controversial gold mine operation in northern Greece. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis) less

Manolis Lampsidis, ex-president of Thessalonikis' lawyers union, left, lies in front of riot police in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday April 20, 2013, during a protest supporting two men arrested for ... more

Young Buddhist monks pray for the speedy recovery of a 5-year-old girl who was raped and tortured in Delhi, in Bodhgaya, India, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Officials say the child is in serious condition after being raped and tortured by a man who held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. Police say the girl went missing Monday and was found Wednesday by neighbors who heard her crying in a room in the same New Delhi building where she lives with her parents. (AP Photo/Manish Bhandari) less

Young Buddhist monks pray for the speedy recovery of a 5-year-old girl who was raped and tortured in Delhi, in Bodhgaya, India, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Officials say the child is in serious condition after ... more

Photo: Manish Bhandari, Associated Press

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An Iraqi woman, the last voter in a polling center in the Karrada neighborhood, polling center casts her ballot just before polls closed in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 20, 2013. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote in the country's first vote since the U.S. military withdrawal, marking an important test of the country's stability. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban) less

An Iraqi woman, the last voter in a polling center in the Karrada neighborhood, polling center casts her ballot just before polls closed in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April ... more

Photo: Hadi Mizban, Associated Press

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Eric the new born Rothschild giraffe stands in front the mother Lotti during its first presentation for public at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Friday, April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Eric the new born Rothschild giraffe stands in front the mother Lotti during its first presentation for public at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Friday, April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Photo: Markus Schreiber, Associated Press

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